Bridgewater town clerk recommends Oct. 27 for recall election

The recall clock is officially ticking again in Bridgewater.Bridgewater Town Clerk Ron Adams has requested the Town Council set Saturday, Oct. 27 as the date of the election to recall councilors Mike Demos and Peter Riordan.The Council has seven days from Aug. 13 to notify Demos and Riordan of the rec...

Bridgewater Town Clerk Ron Adams has requested the Town Council set Saturday, Oct. 27 as the date of the election to recall councilors Mike Demos and Peter Riordan.

In the wake of a Plymouth County Superior Court judge’s ruling on Aug. 9 upholding the Bridgewater recall law, Adams resubmitted his certifications of the recall petitions to the Town Council on Monday, Aug. 13.

That is a key date because it will be considered the “effective date of certification” — since all of the deadlines under the recall law have long expired using the original February certification date, Adams said.

That means the Council has seven days from Aug. 13 to notify Demos and Riordan of the receipt of the certifications, making the deadline Monday, Aug. 20.

Demos and Riordan then have five days to decide whether to resign or run in the recall election.

If they do not resign, the Council must then set an election date that is between 60 and 90 days from the date of certification.